The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1887-11-11
CURRENT EVENTS.
China has man Of the Bismark stripe.
He actually fayors railroads, ,teiegraphy. arts,

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China has man Of the Bismark stripe
etc.
Three daily newspapers In Astoria.
Sixteen divorce cases IN Lane county In
the Circuit Court.
II now transpircs that ell this talk about
patent insides refers 20 the editor and not 20
the paper. II he hadn't patent inside he
would starve to death, IL the latest and best
version Of the matter.
Under new arrangement Seattle will
have through connection with the East over
the Northern Pacific.
Another race for Jane l.. on Friday at
San Francisco.
Senator Mitchell left Oregon on Friday
Tor Washington. lie evidently was not
much exercised over the constitutional
amendment election
Repctta, the PendIetonsh won three.
fourths mile dash at San Francisco Thurs.
day Of last week.
| Justice Waite last week received either an
Internal machine or hoax. An effort has
been made to ascertain which.
DR. Worthlngton, OF McCoy, Polk county
has sued the Portland MsycEyy for llbel, that
paper having charged him with committing
an abortion.
The New York base bail club get drunk
In New Orleans one day last week.
WK Vanderbilt has rented Castle Lin.
denhaf, Bayaria, and will occupy 1t next sum.
iner. II was once used by a King.
The water In a we'll being dug at the In.
sane asylum at Salem last Friday suddenly
became hot,a vapor arising from its surface.
A Milton man sold $4,000 pounds Of
grapes. raised on one and half acres Of
land, the past seasen.
To-day the anarchlstS7re TO hang. They
have made several attempts TO commit sui.
eide.
According TO the Oysgosiaa the popula.
ton Of Seattle is GOT.
| Sheriff Williamson, Of Crook county, ar.
rived In Salem Monday with William Todd
seven years Felix Canon and l. A Steffen
each five years, all for the pemitentiary.
Bishop, the great mind reader, 10 In Port
land
AZ Lyons, France, last week a noted
singer, on being encored, refused 20 sing
again, n,when the large audience got mad and
nearly tore the the theatcr 10 pieces.
Last Saturday night a San Francisco
messenger boy Instead Of going down ths
stairs OF hotel thought ne would ride dowr
the banlsters boy style. lie fell forty fee
to the floor below and was instantly Killed
| Why not a Thanksgiving match hunt.
That Alaskan industries amount 20 some
thing may be gathered from the following
figures for the last twelve months Fu
trade, $7,sooooo gold lentlre product)
ST.3so,ooo fisheries, S5,Ooo.ooo iumbcr
and walrna livery, 100000. Total value foI
the year, S6,os0looo.
George Francis Train will humiliate tn
blasted United States by moving to Canada
i There is about 100000. 600 In coin Il
/ circulation In the world. OF this amoun
the DEMOCRAT Is the proud possessor ol
over blliIonth.
Rev Z ] Thompson was installed as tn
pastor OF the Presbyterian Church at Cor
wallis last week.
DIR Smith, Of salem, last week received
from Portland a statement Of an assay o
some ore from the SantIam mines, showing
II 70 contain $453.Go per ton OF gold ant
silver. This has encouraged salem men d
form company and open a mlne ther.
next spring. There is no doubt that ther,
Is "mIliIons" in the Santiam mines.
The State Board Of immigration cont In
ueB 20 keep open doors. notwithstand ing
has been reported closed several times
had 1000 visitors during October. Tn
, Secretary says "a glance At the ticket
issued By the board Will give an index o
the locations chosen by the newcomers. o
tho ninety-two one way tickets Issued tween
ty.three were for Ashland, twelve for Med
ford. six Tor Roseburg one for Lebanon. lou
for Tangent. seventeen for Grants Pass,tw,
for Aimaden, nine for Albany, seven 70
Turner, two for Drain, tive for Merlin. twl
for Dallas. Ave for sheridan. Distribute
by counties as follows Jackson, thirty 1--WE
Josephine, twenty one; Douglas. eight; Linn
fourteen : Marion, seven ; Polk,two +; Yam
hill, five"
The manner In which those wheat awind
lers arc being hunted down h well illustraf
ed In the following from the Eastern Or
J gesias II turned Out that the whea
swindlers, Hogan and Beatty, did not 60 d
! Wallnla ~ reported, but layin the brush be
low town Monday night and Tuesday, an
. Tuesday evening bearded freight train .
BarnhaTt conceaiing themselves amonI
sacks Of wheat on fat car, and rode thu
TO Umatilla. and started down the mai
line. Sheriff Bentley was after them, golnI
as far aI Coyote. and supposed from tele
graphic correspondence that the Portlanl
officer would apprehend them at Arlington
He did not find them, however, but Is sti
looking for them, and thinks he win yet ru
them down.